Harvey Randall
Harvey's history with games started when he first begged his parents for a World of Warcraft subscription aged 12, though he's since been cursed with Final Fantasy 14-brain and a huge crush on G'raha Tia. He made his start as a freelancer, writing for websites like Techradar, The Escapist, Dicebreaker, The Gamer, Into the Spine—and of course, PC Gamer. He'll sink his teeth into anything that looks interesting, though he has a soft spot for RPGs, soulslikes, roguelikes, deckbuilders, MMOs, and weird indie titles. He also plays a shelf load of TTRPGs in his offline time. Don't ask him what his favourite system is, he has too many.
Latest articles by Harvey Randall
![Cyberpunk: Edgerunner's Lucy stands posed in a combat stance during the Guilty Gear Strive season 4 trailer.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RjcoBhhLgsPoNHcy2XDcqc-320-80.png)
Guilty Gear Strive's producer hints at further Cyberpunk: Edgerunners characters—or a continuation of Lucy's story from the anime—before clamming up to avoid spoilers
By Harvey Randall published
News "I cannot talk much … because that might spoil what we are trying to do."
![A ranger draws their bow taut in Dungeons & Dragons, a focused look in their eye.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mkL86jvhprWxnCfx5aWGBW-320-80.png)
After an icy response to the D&D 2024 Ranger's proposed reliance on spells, lead rules designer Jeremy Crawford says don't worry, the spells should help
By Harvey Randall published
News Legolas is looking a little Gandalf, these days.
![Star Wars Outlaws](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ke967rGLWq3CSBC5P9Ryq6-320-80.png)
A big gameplay leak for Star Wars Outlaws has done wonders for my Ubisoft showcase fatigue—it's actually given me a new hope
By Harvey Randall published
News Not a bad outcome, all told.
![Baldur's Gate 3](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/paB9fd4fBFRqcJskDWdkxd-320-80.jpg)
The Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 closed beta is live for invitees, now that Larian has fixed a critical bug: '[The] dice are now rolling'
By Harvey Randall published
News Patch 7 is well underway.
![A faithful recreation of the crew from the South Park episode "Make Love, not Warcraft" using WoW's new Warbands system.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fjyivbf5QvsLhiwGQNEEh5-320-80.png)
WoW players are already using the new Warbands system for its true purpose: Memes and transmog flexing
By Harvey Randall published
News Behold, the Sword of a Thousand Truths.
![A loading screen for the Yokai's Wrath cosmetic skin in Call of Duty: Warzone.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PhwWxXu49aJVicx4qXUw5R-320-80.png)
Bleak report alleges that Activision already has an AI-generated cosmetic in Call of Duty—with artists reportedly 'forced to use AI to aid in their work' and pushed into outsourcing
By Harvey Randall published
News The other shoe has already dropped.
![The protagonist of Phantom Blade Zero faces down a dancing lion with his sword drawn.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6Zys8eMxxiLjHBuPeX265k-320-80.png)
Phantom Blade Zero devs say its interconnected world is 'like the Souls games before Elden Ring'—which has turned my interest into attention
By Harvey Randall published
News Secrets, nooks, and crannies.
![Two swallows carrying coconuts soar across an impressionistic background for the Secret Lair x Monty Python Magic: The Gathering event.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/t54sXXe9FfJg3qmkcsRgW5-320-80.png)
Monty Python is the next Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair crossover, in a trend that feels increasingly like Hasbro has a board full of IPs and a box full of darts
By Harvey Randall published
News Bring out yer crossovers!
![A fire cape and the boss you need to defeat in OSRS to claim it, set across a magma backdrop.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZPPMvXpuJkAsw5W7JzwPqa-320-80.png)
Old School RuneScape thrillseeker risks a 370-hour old no-hit account against 63 waves of monsters to try and claim a cape forged in flames
By Harvey Randall published
News Livin' on a prayer. Several, in fact.
![Thrall](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7WkDAP8KtBE3y7Pv6B98YY-320-80.jpg)
World of Warcraft: The War Within's pre-patch may have dug up the graves of deleted characters—including my ancient shaman with a hearthstone that killed me
By Harvey Randall published
News Echoes of the past.
![SAG-AFTRA image header on announcement of strike authorization approval](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dy5JNPBmSYKiM6XDNw4gCN-320-80.jpg)
'Our resolve is unwavering and should not be tested': Major union SAG-AFTRA breaks glass on big red strike button as negotiations continue on voice actor AI protections
By Harvey Randall published
News An escalation by every metric.
![A Helldiver does battle with several giant tentacles in Helldivers 2.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DKTNy5MuKFaiX4Vvq9tWia-320-80.png)
Helldivers 2 announces a massive new update: The Escalation of Freedom, bringing over 3 new enemy types, fresh objectives, a new difficulty, and votekick protection
By Harvey Randall published
News For liberty!
![Koana, a main character in Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail, stares thoughtfully at a book in his hands.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dWm8e7VSGLiAXrVJqHSHJX-320-80.png)
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail is a great story with a ton of potential, but it's told so poorly it nearly ruins the whole thing
By Harvey Randall published
FIND THE PATH For the plot.
![Image from warframe expansion The Duviri Paradox](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v43EyEqN6i47oqbeq5vcp6-320-80.png)
Publishers 'eject too soon' on their live service games, says Warframe developer's CEO: 'It comes out, doesn’t work and they throw it away'
By Harvey Randall published
News The live-service bin grows only heavier.
![Astarion, a pale-haired, fancily dressed Vampire Spawn in Baldur's Gate 3, makes a quip while wearing a snazzy cowboy hat.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3nyPaYaqWrUYSg6wECKqBe-320-80.jpg)
Astarion's voice actor says it'd be 'awesome' to play the character again after Baldur's Gate 3: 'Live action, game … advert for grape juice, I don't know'
By Harvey Randall published
News I'd probably eat a bowl of Astari-O's, if I'm honest.
![A tormented demon stands, staring blankly, in front of a blurred-out background.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/geEyV4eWUFAY3eLWD4j75m-320-80.png)
'The repeated targeting of individual team members needs to stop': OldSchool Runescape devs firmly ask players to cool it over Tormented Demon loot tables
By Harvey Randall published
News
![An image of Sketch, on Twitch, apologising for his previous OnlyFans account.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ovVYtrJ8fdbhmfk5AGa5dX-320-80.png)
Under fire after OnlyFans leak, Twitch streamer Sketch posts apology for a past that doesn't really need one: 'That was a dark time, [a] rough time'
By Harvey Randall published
News "People like FaZe, Banks especially, and my friends that I've made over the past couple of years came and they saved me. I don't know what I was gonna do."
![A radiant echo of Ragnaros in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight raises his mighty hammer.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JJneroL5rffDv8ufTS6n5W-320-80.png)
World of Warcraft: The War Within's pre-patch is coming soon—alongside Warbands, a quality-of-life game changer that lets you share rep, gear, and currencies across your alts
By Harvey Randall published
News Warbands, what are they good for? Turns out, a lot.
![Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League screenshot of Boomerang](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jUFDMmvZHK2asvfUJXXtt8-320-80.jpg)
Less than 6 months later, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will be free to download and keep for Prime subscribers—though you'll only have 48 hours to snag it
By Harvey Randall published
News One last try.
![An image of Halsin, wildshaped into a bear, from Baldur's Gate 3.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EqDVAoEYX5swwb5sRcFn6h-320-80.png)
Bear sex 'a watershed moment in game history', says Baldur's Gate 3 writer
By Harvey Randall published
News The bear obscenities, the simple bear obscenities.
![Anduin Wrynn from World of Warcraft, reimagined as a racetrack engineer with what appears to be a popsicle sticking out of his mouth.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XpTQxzeiWUMJmp9ZWZL5jd-320-80.png)
The maverick animators behind the WoW Classic trailers put together a rad-as-hell montage of an Azeroth turned destruction derby
By Harvey Randall published
News The "MM" in "MMORPG" stands for Mad Max.
![An image of a Pandaren and a Gnome taunting their enemies in World of Warcraft's new Battle Royale mode, Plunderstorm.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dEgXyZZCMAnMG6nvdiSRQV-320-80.png)
As WoW returns to China, NetEase has placed a $14,000 bounty on reports that see cheat peddlers punished by law
By Harvey Randall published
News Crime doesn't pay, but reporting it might.
![Alisaie, a headstrong ally in Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail, looks skeptically while standing in the middle of a beautiful blue forest.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wPqxSB2RqQ74tSh4hxae6S-320-80.png)
FF14 player counts around 21 hours of cutscenes in Dawntrail—making it the second longest expansion next to Endwalker—and I can't for the life of me tell you why
By Harvey Randall published
News A long and winding road.